joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Andrew Howell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andrewhowell2@megamail.pt>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:15:49 +0100
Subject: Read & Reply Asap .




Mr.Andrew Howell ,
8c Burleigh Parade,
Southgate,London N14 5AD

Dear Sir,

I am Mr. Andrew Howell , a staff with a financial Institution here in United Kingdom. I decided to reach you directly to solicit your assistance and Guidelines in making a business investment and transfer a huge amount of GBP 8,640,000.00 (Eight Million, Six Hundred and Forty British Pounds Sterling Only). The fund is legitimate and has all confirmable legal documents to back this payment in your name legitimately. I am privileged to contact you of an interest to invest a huge fund in your country with business interest in the following sectors: banking, real estate, stock speculation and mining, transportation and tobacco.

If you think you have a solid background and idea of making good profit in any of the mentioned business sectors ; If you are interested, please reply me immediately to my private address ( andrew.howell@megamail.pt) OR ( andrewhowell@i12.com) . I am constrained to issue more details about this profitable Business investment, until I get your response by mail. Please take out a moment of your very busy Schedule today, to respond back if you are interested. please send your response and direct telephone numbers via my email, for further explanations on source of funds and details of funds transfer. I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction.

I await your immediate response,
Sincerely Yours,
Mr. Andrew Howell.

Anti-fraud resources: